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Sapna And Her Blog H4Hitech : The Top Commenter, February 2013

Sapna And Her Blog H4Hitech : The Top Commenter, February 2013 | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Blog post at Bivori : Sapna is an emerging blogger from India who co-host the successful blog H4Hitech ( cartoonblogger.com ) along with her husband and brother...


Ileane Smith from BasicBlogTips has a nice video about creating Google Custom Search Engine:

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Here's my comment:

Hi Suresh!

This is a really nice way to recognize the top blog commenter. Sapna is a very lovely person and I'm sure she appreciates your advice and well wishes.

Thanks for embedding my YouTube video here. I hope your readers find it useful.

Chat soon Suresh!

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Blogging Tips 101: The Basic Blogging Tips That Will Take Your Blog to the Next Level

Blogging Tips 101: The Basic Blogging Tips That Will Take Your Blog to the Next Level | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Get top blogging tips and learn strategies that go beyond the basics to help you elevate your blog to the next level.

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Introducing the Beginners Guide to Blogging Series

Sigrid de Kaste's curator insight, May 24, 2:33 AM

Love these tips...really great stuff to work with!

Shanker Bakshi's curator insight, May 26, 5:49 AM

an It's already taking mine....A must follow stuff for bloggers

Ileane Smith's comment, May 26, 6:28 AM
:) Shanker
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5 Steps to Installing an Email Optin Form on Your Facebook Page

5 Steps to Installing an Email Optin Form on Your Facebook Page | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

I created a handy Facebook tutorial and shared it with the people who have subscribed to my email list.

Sign up and you'll get awesome freebies like this too! http://basicblogtips.com/emails

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Social Profiles – Your Profile A Face Or Logo Which Comes First? - Paperblog

Social Profiles – Your Profile A Face Or Logo Which Comes First? - Paperblog | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Social Profiles – Twitter Profiles and More When setting up your social profiles, which do YOU set up first? Do you start with your own photo or do you start with your branding logo?...You may have missed my guest post on BasicBlogTips Saturday – you can read more on Rebel Mouse here. It’s an easy set up for your social profiles to appear all in one place. (Good for link juice too!) Do you use your personal social profile and / or branding social profile across the social networks?

Ileane Smith's insight:

I see I'm not the only one who doesn't have much going on in their Twitter background! :)

Arlenny Soteldo's curator insight, June 10, 4:13 PM

add your insight...

 Muy cierto.

 
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Rebel mouse powerpoint

Rebel Mouse for Your Website or Blog. See some great Rebel Mouse pages. 


Read more on Basic Blog Tips To See What Rebel Mouse Can Do For You!

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How to Build Relationship with Top Bloggers in your Niche? Part 2

How to Build Relationship with Top Bloggers in your Niche? Part 2 | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Blog post at Blogging Tips : So you want to build a successful blog?What if you have someone like Brian Clark tweet about your latest post? ...

But how to make my blog better?

The answer is really simple also.

Care more about your design.

You don’t need to have a fancy site, but there’re a lot of pscycological things you need to care about.

Like these 4 Key Design Blunders That Can Turn People Off.

But how to create a great blog design?

Here’re simple tips to help you do so:


Read more at http://www.bloggingtips.com/2013/06/06/build-relationship-top-bloggers-niche-part-2/#mc0xbVGHSEUPl1FH.99

Louise Quo Vadis's curator insight, June 16, 10:46 PM

I have just checked this out. It's worth a look if you are just starting out blogging or not. Check it ou.

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Best Mommy Bloggers and Their Achievements

Best Mommy Bloggers and Their Achievements | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Being a mom is already a great responsibility to have. Bringing up children while going to the job has always created a lot of hassles for mothers especially single mothers...


Ileane the founder of basicblogtips.com started blogging in 2009 using WordPress as her blogging platform. During her learning process she found out the importance of building strong connections via social media, participation in communities and contributing to the blogosphere.

Over the period of time Illeane has lend developed expertise in the domain of blogging tutorials, guest blogging, blogging on CommentLuv, social media, search engine optimization and web analytics etc.

According to Ileane:

Welcome to Basic Blog Tips… get blogging tips or help with social media optimization and I’m here to help. Basic Blog Tips is all about helping you reach your goals and having some fun along the way. I’m glad you decided to connect with me…

 Achievements and recommendations of Ileane:

  • Several guest posts on Blog Engage and the CommentLuv blog.
  • Blogger with a variety of interests including marketing, graphic design, music, networking, finances etc.
  • Share what she has learned with you and as she continues to acquire new skills and strategies the focus will be on providing content that will help achieve the reader’s goals.
  • She’s a role model that with hard work, persistence and being a stand for other peoples success that what you want in life is absolutely achievable.
Ileane Smith's insight:

There a lots of blogs listed here that I need to explore! I love the way Anil went into such great detail by listing everyone's acheivements. Super post!

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Lady Bloggers Roundup - Make Money Online With Carol Amato's Internet Marketing Tips

Lady Bloggers Roundup - Make Money Online With Carol Amato's Internet Marketing Tips | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Lady Bloggers Roundup - An Elite Group of Lady Bloggers Who Are the Wind Beneath My Wings...

Ms. Ileane

(http://basicblogtips.com/) – Blogger extraordinaire, Ms. Ileane is great to chat with even if you’re not an Internet marketer. But she’s also a savvy marketer who knows how to use blogs to build strong connections and perpetuate community involvement.


Ms. Ileane’s blog, basicblogtips.com, is not only informative, but a delight to be a part of. If you’ve been with me very long, you know how I believe in blogging to reach business goals and to keep in close touch with the Internet marketing community. Ms. Ileane offers her many skills and strategies to help us focus on the content that will help us all to reach those goals.

A common trait among each of these much admired lady bloggers is that they’re hard workers, persistent and stand up for values and integrity in business and in personal life journeys. Ms. Ileane believes that with attitude and consistency, we can achieve anything we want in life.

I’ve written many posts about content syndication, and Ms. Ileane’s post, How to Get Thousands of Subscribers Using Content Syndication is one of the best explanations and “how-to” guides I’ve seen. She explains how the content can be any type of communication process including news feeds, podcasts, videos, white papers and blog posts – all crafted to pull in subscribers.

Another blog post I revisit a lot is Ms. Ileane’s Blogging Tips 101. Her posts seem to be reflecting what I’m thinking at the moment. A very recent post, “If You Wait for Perfection, You Might Miss the Boat,” seemed aimed directly at me.

I tend to want everything perfect before I make decisions about anything in my life, from business to personal. Sometimes that’s called procrastination. It’s good to wait for clarity in some aspects of life, but sometimes you simply have to act on your intuition and go for it.

I’m blessed to have Ms. Ileane in my life to provide some clarity and a go-to place where I can get some incredible advice from a great lady and fellow IM-er.

Ileane Smith's insight:

I actually shed a tear when I read this! 

Seriously.

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My Monthly Income Report | Traffic Generation Cafe

My Monthly Income Report | Traffic Generation Cafe | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

224 Flares 224 Flares × At 18 years old, Rockefeller had no money. He found an apple in the street. The fruit was dirty, so he cleaned it up and sold it for 50 cents to a man walking in...

3.   Basic Blog Tips

Ileane Smith is my go-to source on everything YouTube; just check out her recent post:

Thanks for the tip and the traffic, Ileane!

Sue Neal's curator insight, May 30, 5:17 AM

Great tips on how one great blogger makes a buck or two....

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Marty's Thoughts On Life and Money: How To Find Your Unique Blog Voice: Experts Tell Me Their Secrets

Marty's Thoughts On Life and Money: How To Find Your Unique Blog Voice: Experts Tell Me Their Secrets | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

A few months ago I made a big decision to change the name and design of my blog in order to reflect the changes in my life and my growth as a blogger.I changed the name to Marty's Thoughts on Life and Money.Over time I realized that I talked a lot about money and not a lot about life and I wanted a way to incorporate that into my writing to more .... "me" into my blog .I realized that beyond the about me page my readers didn't know much about my life or personality . So I decided that I needed to  find a way to fix that. I wanted to find myvoice within my writing in order to seperate my work from all of the other blogs on the internet today. I didnt have any idea how to start so I decided to do the logical thing...I asked....

Ileane Smith from Basic Blog Tips

Keep commenting on other blogs and you will begin to develop your own "personality". Take a stand on issues without offending people. Then you can come back to your blog and post your point of view.

Samuel Pustea's comment, May 26, 1:35 PM
Nice to see you find your voice, which the majority in blogging don't do. Find your passion and with that you will find a voice. Share it to Pinterest and Stumbleupon!
Sue Neal's curator insight, May 27, 11:09 AM

Interesting reflections on how bloggers develop their own voice and style.

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5 Awesome Female Bloggers

5 Awesome Female Bloggers | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Read about the awesome female bloggers of this world who are doing wonderful on their blogs. 

1. Ileane Smith:- She Doesn’t need any introduction, she is the queen of blogging who is running a high quality blog on blogging niche; BasicBlogTips.com. I came into contact with her when I had asked her for an interview of my Coffee with Atish series. You may find that Interview here:- Interview With Ms. Ileane of Basic Blog Tips.


She is one of the best bloggers in blogging niche I ever met. Inspite of being a great blogger she always ready to help everyone through her blog or in a Facebook Group called Blogger Ileane Smith Fan ClubAsk any kind of help regarding blogging, Ma’m Ileane will be there to help.

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Comment I left on the post: 

Atish, you are amazing!
I didn’t realize you were giving so much attention to the wonderful women of the world but I’m not surprised. You are really a great guy who is very sensitive and kindhearted – I knew that from the first time we chatted online.

I appreciate all you do!

Each of the bloggers you featured here do have something unique in common and I think many of the commenters have mentioned this already. Being “down to Earth” is such a hard to find quality, especially in the online world.

I’m honored to have you and other’s say that about me and it makes everything I do worthwhile.

Thank you!

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The Top 5 Most Influential Bloggers of My Career

The Top 5 Most Influential Bloggers of My Career | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it
Here are the top 5 most influential bloggers that can help you accomplish anything online! Check out who are my favorite bloggers!



Ms Ileane Smith of Basic Blog Tips

 

Ileane Smith was the first popular blogger to even talk to me!  From the start, she has always been willing to help, giving me guest posting opportunities on her site, being involved in social sharing groups, and Facebook collaborators.  Her story is pretty funny.  She accidentally started a blog while trying to look at her daughter’s site!  From there she has went on to create a large group of guest posters on her site, guest post at other sites, and generally getting her word out there.  She is a great person to get to know.  Listen to her podcast for more info on blogging tips!

Ileane is proficient in WordPress blogging, podcasting, and anything blogging related. If you’re looking to get your voice heard, then you can check out her site and request a guest posting opportunity. It’s a good way to get started, and how I got my start!

She has been featured in different sites as cutting edge in the blogging industry on sites like BizSugar, Bloggers, and BlogEngage and she can help you in your blogging endeavor’s.  Ileane has been very influential in my blogging experiences.

Ileane Smith's comment, May 19, 5:09 AM
Thanks Steven!
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Ileane Smith, msileanespeaks.com (Social Web Cafe Interviews)

Social Web Cafe Interviews http://www.SocialWebCafe.TV Deborah chats with Ms.
Ileane Smith's insight:

I had so much fun during this interview. Watch it if you want to see me laugh, because I do a lot of it.

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Blog Improvement: 10 Simple Steps Will Improve Your Business Blog

Blog Improvement: 10 Simple Steps Will Improve Your Business Blog | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

If you're in business and don't have a blog - start one. If you have one, use these simple steps for overall blog improvement and increased visibility...


Recruit Some Guest Bloggers Ms. Ileane Speaks

Ileane Smith, owner of Basic Blog Tips, shares her personal experience opening her site to guest bloggers. She says the process gave new and seasoned bloggers a chance to promote themselves and share their writing while also promoting her blog’s community. But Smith says blog owners need to take steps to vet guest bloggers to make sure they and their content are right for the blog.

Ileane Smith's insight:

I'm honored and encouraged to see a post from my podcast mentioned on the Small Biz Trends blog!

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LIVE: Video and Channel Optimization

LIVE: Video and Channel Optimization -

The experts try to tackle my questions:

How can we find out how much we contribute to the length of time people stay on YouTube?

If we put together playlists with other people's videos does that count to boost visibility for us?


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4 Reasons Podcasters Should be Blogging (with Ms. @Ileane)

4 Reasons Podcasters Should be Blogging (with Ms. @Ileane) | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it
If you're focusing on only podcasting, you could be missing huge potential to grow your audience! My guest Ms. Ileane from BasicBlogTips.com will inspire you to add blogging to your podcast strategy.
Ileane Smith's insight:

Listen to my interview with the AWARD WINNING PODCASTER Daniel J. Lewis!! 

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Ditch the Fake Like Button on Facebook - Online Marketing with Carol Amato

Ditch the Fake Like Button on Facebook - Online Marketing with Carol Amato | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Ileane Smith Ditches the Fake Like Button on Facebook - step-by-step tutorial on how to increase your likes on Facebook by decreasing the steps involved


Ileane Smith is a lady blogger and fellow IM-er who I respect a lot. I have no idea how she gets all of the things done that she does – she’s amazing!  Ileane Smith teaches how to ditch the fake like button on Facebook and gives a wonderful tip that you can use to increase the chance of someone liking your Facebook page...

I’m so glad I ran across this video – I changed the settings on my Facebook page immediately after learning how. Thank you so much, Ileane! You can learn so much from Ileane by checking out her blog: Basic Blog Tips

Ileane Smith's insight:

It is so nice to get a shout out from Carol in this post! 

It's also really amazing that even though I recorded this video over a year ago, it's still relevant. Can't believe that Facebook still hasn't removed those FAKE LIKE BUTTONS!!


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Friday Finds – Google Plus Commenting System

Friday Finds – Google Plus Commenting System | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

This post is part of the weekly series, Friday Finds, featuring news that deserves a closer look...

Ms. Ileane Smith’s Announcement on Basic Blog Tips

Ileane Smith (a well-respected blogger and early advocate of the CommentLuv commenting system) recently caused some ripples in the blogosphere when she announced that she was (at least temporarily) moving to the Google+ Commenting system and disabling the CommentLuv features of  the CommentLuv Premium plugin on her site.

Ileane Smith's insight:

Google + Comments are getting tons of attention this week especially after my announcement that I turned off the LUV module of CommentLuv. 

It was a great decision on my behalf and ironically I got some benefits from Google + comments that I wasn't even looking for. Here's what I told Ana Hoffman about them when I was commenting over on her blog: 


Hi Ana,

Thanks for sharing all the awesome info and for the shout out of course!

I just found another brilliant use of Google+ comments. It was super simple for me to just hover over the profiles of everyone who shared and  commented on this post on Google + and just add them to circles.

I felt like a butterfly floating over the page and stopping for a little nectar on my way down. It was effortless. 

If I tried to do that with everyone who left comments in WordPress it would take ages and in fact I don't think I've ever attempted that - not even on my own blog. 

Speaking of adding people to circles, I'm not sure you saw my video about the two extensions you can use to uncircle people who haven't circled you back as well as those who haven't been active. 

Google Plus Tip: How To CLEAN UP Your Circles on Google+

One more thing, I'd like to encourage people to donate to our friend +Alex Moss for making such a wonderful Google + comments plugin! We've paid more for plugins that do much less.

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People Are Missing the Point with Google+ Blog Comments

People Are Missing the Point with Google+ Blog Comments | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Thanks to a well-developed plugin that's been getting some rave reviews, many top bloggers have been installing the Google+ commenting system on their Wordpress powered blogs...The roster includes online heavy-hitters, such as Anna Hoffman of Traffic Generation Cafe,...and more recently, Ileane Smith of Basic Blog Tips.

Jasmin Hodge's curator insight, June 4, 5:43 AM

This is useful for commenting on others blogs when you aren't a blogger on that pa

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BloggerScope - Read Top Posts From Top Blogs

BloggerScope - Read Top Posts From Top Blogs | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

We are currently tracking 55 of the most influential marketing blogs.

Blogs are ranked by the average number of social shares it gets for each post.

Click on a blog name to see all of their blog posts.

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4 top tips to recover from Penguin 2.0

4 top tips to recover from Penguin 2.0 | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

So unless you’ve been living beneath a boulder for the last fortnight you will know that Google have once again stirred the search algorithm pot with the release of a major Penguin reform. And when Google acts, SEOs respond....

2: Future-proof your link building strategy

It’s equally important to ensure that going forward you have refined your link building strategy to ensure it is future-proofed from Penguin updates. Some people argue that all “link building” is ultimately not Google compliant, as the very purpose of good quality links is that they should be completely natural. However there are a number of ways in which we can still build quality links that add value to your link profile and will stand the test of time with Google.

There are lots of different techniques you should try, but it comes down to what might work for your business. When re-vamping your link building strategy, read all the resources you can on creative and innovative link building techniques you can find and consider how you could make them work for your business. Here are a few to get you started:

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Google Plus Comments WordPress Plugin

Download the WordPress Google Plus Comments Plugin here: http://www.googlingsocial.com/?p=2301 and let me know what you think there, on a Google+ comment!
Ileane Smith's insight:

I make a Cameo appearance in this video at timestamp 3:26 

I am seriously considering adding this to my blog. What about you?

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69 Most Popular Blogging Blogs to Guest Post for or Comment on

69 Most Popular Blogging Blogs to Guest Post for or Comment on | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Find guest blogging opportunities in the Blogging Niche, here is a valuable list of popular blogging blogs that you can start promoting yourself on.


Here is the list. Enjoy and tell others about it:

  1. www.allbloggingtips.com/
  2. www.basicblogtips.com/
  3. www.beafreelanceblogger.com/
  4. www.bestbloggingtipsonline.com/
  5. www.bivori.com/
  6. www.blogandretire.com/blog/
  7. www.bloggerdoc.com/
  8. www.bloggerspassion.com/
  9. www.bloggingbasics101.com/
  10. www.bloggingcage.com/
Samuel Pustea's comment, May 26, 7:42 AM
You're welcome!
Louise Quo Vadis's curator insight, May 27, 1:39 PM

Excellent information here. I highly recommend taking a look.

CATHLEEN SLONE's curator insight, May 31, 11:17 AM

If you write online, make sure that your blog serves your readers’ needs as well as yours, and lends appropriate weight to your well-chosen words. #innov8u #brand #blogging

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How to Increase Traffic to Your Website : 11 New and Old Effective Tips

How to Increase Traffic to Your Website : 11 New and Old Effective Tips | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

Blog post at NoPassiveIncome.com : I have always loved browsing and reading articles about how to increase traffic to my websites....

6. Use Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools

They are indispensable tools for analyzing the statistics of your site and to correct errors on your pages. You should always analyze your traffic and discover what are the most visited pages on your blog.

This will help you understand what will be the subjects you need to write about in your next blog posts.

Ileane Smith wrote a recent article about “Getting Started with Google Analytics“, specifically for bloggers. There are some written content, a slideshare presentation and some useful videos. You may learn a lot from this material, like setting up your first URL goal – thank you, check where your readers go after visiting your blog or where they come from when they arrive to your pages.

 

Ileane Smith's insight:

It's fantastic to see that more bloggers are putting this advice to good use. Erik is an awesome blogger and this post is chock full of excellent tips (including mine).

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How to Track Conversions from YouTube Viewers [Video] - BlogWorld (blog)

How to Track Conversions from YouTube Viewers [Video] - BlogWorld (blog) | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it
How to Track Conversions from YouTube Viewers [Video]
BlogWorld (blog)
In this video, Ileane Smith walks you through exactly how to set up a Google Analytics goal and track conversions.
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Top 10 Killer Traffic Generation Blog Posts

Top 10 Killer Traffic Generation Blog Posts | Basic Blog Tips | Scoop.it

First let me say that creating this list was a huge task. It took me a long time to finish it and I hope you appreciate my efforts. I've been studying for more free ways to generate traffic online ...


Traffic Generation Blog Post #8: 7 Website Traffic Tips to Get 10 Thousand Website Visitors Per Day . This is a guest post written by Mitz on Basic Blog Tips. The title might seem a bit hypey but Mitz actually does get far more than 10,000 visitors a day on one website alone. So if she has something to say about traffic generation we should all listen very carefully.

Ileane Smith's insight:

Mitz is does an awesome job of generating traffic for her websites. Her YouTube channel is amazing also! 

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What is a Youtube channel?...and a complete overview how to use it!

This is a complete overview of all the aspects you'll want to know, including... Your home page and content Live stream event to calendar Click on a dropdown...
Ileane Smith's insight:

I make a brief cameo appearance in this video when Marty talks about the YouTube Inbox


Actually, it's more like my name makes an appearance not me but you know what I mean. hehe 

Jasmin Hodge's curator insight, May 13, 3:23 AM

Great overview which I will use as an additional resource in our help area for staff and learners using media.